[1][2] E. tetensis, unlike any other species in the genus Elasmodactylus, is very large, and males have 8-14 preanal pores.

[3] E. tetensis is found in Mopane bushveld in the Zambezi river valley from Lake Kariba to Tete.

[1][2] E. tetensis is a highly gregarious species and often roosts side by side with numerous other individuals during the day in rock cracks or hollow tree trunks like hollow baobab trees.

[citation needed] Sexually mature females lay two eggs at a time but can produce several clutches a season depending on food supply.

[citation needed] There is an isolated population in southern Tanzania in similar habitat that is very likely a subspecies or another species forming a complex with tetensis.